The cartesian representation of conformism
An intuitive representation of the degree and aggressiveness of conformism can be done by using the Cartesian coordinate system.
The horizontal axis runs from conventional-minded on the left to independent-minded on the right.
The vertical axis runs from passive at the bottom to aggressive at the top.
The resulting four quadrants define four types of people. Starting in the upper left and going counter-clockwise: aggressively conventional-minded, passively conventional-minded, passively independent-minded, and aggressively independent-minded.
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We have many ways of classifying people in our society. Some of them are very specific, whereas the others aim at giving a rough classification. The latter type is the classification proposed by Paul Graham in this article about conformism.
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